Month: August 2009

August 3

  I did not want to move. For I had the feeling that this was a place, once seen, that could not be seen again. …

August 2

  Religious feeling is as much a verity as any other part of human consciousness; and against it, on the subjective side, the waves of …

July 31

  I’m a normal man with a good memory who fell into a maelstrom and got out of it more by luck than by virtue, …

July 30

  Moving stranger, Does it really matter, As long as you’re not afraid to feel? Touch me, hold me. How my open arms ache! Try …

July 29

  For all that has been — Thanks. For all that shall be — Yes. ~ Dag Hammarskjöld ~

July 28

  We do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form …

July 27

  When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ~ Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four by …

July 26

  I hear you say “Why?” Always “Why?” You see things; and you say “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say …

Michael Moriarty

“Life is best when you are in love.” Michael Moriarty quotes

Maurice Ravel

“The only love affair I have ever had was with music.” Maurice Ravel quotes

Jim Woodring

“A tree is an incomprehensible mystery.” Jim Woodring quotes

Love Quote 0022

Love understands love; it needs no talk. – Frances Ridley Havergal

Love Quote 0021

The best feelings are those that have no words to describe them. – Michelle Hammersley

Love Quote 0020

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense. – Vincent Gogh

Love Quote 0019

The human heart, at whatever age, opens to the heart that opens in return. – Maria Edgeworth

Love Quote 0018

Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time. – Edmund Spenser

Love Quote 0017

Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love. – Marc Chagall

Love Quote 0016

Love is a game that two can play and both win. – Eva Gabor

Love Quote 0015

Paradise is always where love dwells. – Jean Paul Richter

Love Quote 0014

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. – Leo Buscaglia

Love Quote 0013

I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. – Roy Croft

Humor

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius. – Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Sincerity

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. – Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Education

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to an human soul. – Addison, Joseph

Words

The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts. – Parkhurst, Charles H.

Deception

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the fronts people assume before one another’s eyes, and the front a writer puts …

Opportunity

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity! – Dryden, John

Elbert Hubbard on Jobs & Working

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. – Elbert Hubbard Quotes, Famous Quotes, Elbert Hubbard, Jobs & Working

Winston Churchill on Government

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill Quotes, Famous Quotes, Winston Churchill, Government

J. Paul Getty on Business

If you owe the bank 0 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank 0 million, that’s the bank’s problem. – J. Paul Getty Quotes, …

Oliver Wendell Holmes on Time

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare the right – it holds my golden time! – Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes, Famous Quotes, …

Connie Stevens

“It’s important for us to latch onto the people that we love.” Connie Stevens quotes

Willem de Kooning

“An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.” Willem de Kooning quotes

Marcel Marceau

“Never get a mime talking. He won’t stop.” Marcel Marceau quotes

Paul Tournier

“The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.” Paul Tournier quotes

Sir Thomas Browne

“Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.” Sir Thomas Browne quotes

Muhammad Ali on Friendship

Friendship… is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. – Muhammad Ali …

Bill Gates on Success

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. – Bill Gates Quotes, Famous Quotes, Bill Gates, Success

Henry Van Dyke on Nature

Use what talent you possess – the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. – Henry Van Dyke …